Harvester



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D. YOUNG.

HARVESTER.

No. 353,344. Patented Nov. 30,1886.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

DAvID YOUNG, or sTOoxTON, OALIEORNIA.

HARVESTER.

SPECIFICATION farming part of Letters Patent No. 353,344, dated November 30, 1886.

Application led October 16, 1885.

,To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID YOUNG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Stockton, in the county of San Joaquin and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Harvesters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvementin harvesters; and it consists in, rst, a combi-ned header and thrasher, the thrashing-machine mounted upon suitable bearings, the wheels having the header-frame hinged to and projecting fromone side, with its outer end supported upon a single wheel journaled in the longitudinal beam ofthe header-frame, a sup* pleinental frame containing the draper and attached to the front of the main headerirame, a connectinggearing actuating the sickle and draper, comprising the axle, beveled gear- Wheel, pinions which mesh with the bevel gear-wheel, shafts upon which these pinions are placed, sproeket-wheel placed upon one of the shafts, agear-wheel placed upon one of the shafts, provided with pinions, a second shaft, tumblingrod, the shaft connected to one end of the tumblingrod, and the crank-pulley;

feeder, cylinder, board, gate, and conveyer, the latter being in a direct line with the shaft and the cylinder, and discharging the grain directly upon the cylinder, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

Figure l is aplan of the machine. Fig. 2 is a section through line x 0o, Fig. 1, showing the gearing which actuates the sickle and. draper. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the feeding-box and cylinder, &c., through line z z, Fig. l.'

A and B are the main bearing-wheels, mounted in a suitable frame-Work, consisting of the longitudinal beams A and A, to which are secured the journal-bearings of the axle of the wheel A, and of the longitudinal beams B and B2, to which are secured the journalbearings of the axle b of the wheel B. These Serial No. 180,043. No model.)

longitudinal beams have suitable cross-bea1ns at front and rear bolted or otherwise secured to them. The front end of this frame-work is supported by guide-wheels, from the axle of whichthe tongue (not shown) extends for the tudinal beams, and having the inner` ends of the beams D and D hinged to the side of the beam B2 of the thrasherframe, so that t-he outer end of the headerframe may move up and down about the hinges to suit uneven grounds over which the machine may pass.

The outer end of the header-frame is supported 'upon a wheel, C, whose axle E has its journal-bearings secured to beams C' G2. The axles of the wheels A B C are all in a direct line, so that by such construction the frame work of the machine may be more compact and the machine make necessary turns in a smaller space.

The draper F is located, as usual, in asuitable frame-work suspended from the front of the beam D of the frame of the header, the cutting and finger bar being parallel with its front. The cut grain is deposited upon the draper, and is conveyed and discharged directly upon the cylinder H, the shaft H of which is in a direct line with the draper, and is located within a feeding hopper or box, G, at the front of the trunk which contains the Works of the separator and thrasher.

A self-feeder, K, is located in front of the cylinder within the feeding-box G, and aids in supplying the straw to the cylinder as it is delivered from the draper. A guide feedingboard, J, is located at the rear of the cylinder within the box G, and deflects the grain toward the front of the cylinder, and prevents it falling back of it.

The cylinder, it will be observed,is of what is called an undershot7 pattern. As the grain ent-ers the feeding-box G, its flow from the draper is controlled by a swinging horizontal gate, I, suspended from the roof of the IOO hopper G over the discharging end of the draper. The thrashed grain is conveyed rearwardly after leaving the cylinder by suitable belts and apparatus, and the process of separating, cleaning, saeking, &c., continued in any desired manner.

The cutting and conveying mechanism is driven from the axle b ofthe wheel B. A large bevel gear-wheel, c, is fixed to the axle b, and engages at its front with a pinion, d, upon a shaft, e, having a sprocket-wheel, f, fixed at its forward end, and which may be connected by a chain belt with a sprocket- Wheel on the end of a shaft, F, which turns the draper F. At its rear the gear c engages with a pinion, g, iixed upon the front end of a shaft, h, upon the rear end of which is fixed a spur-gear Wheel, i, engaging with a pinion, j, beneath it, fixed to a shaft, 7c, which is suitably connected by a tumbling rod, Z, with a shaft, m, beneath the draper F, which hasa crank-pulley, n, upon its end, which, by a suitable connecting-pitman, actuates the knife.

The reel is driven by a vsprocket-Wheel, FQ 'upon the outer end of the shaft E of thel wheel C.

By this simple combination the entire header mechanism is actuated directly from the large Wheel c, insuring a steady and regular motion. By the use of the gear-wheel i a quicker niotion is given to the sickle than is required by the draper, Whose motion is'governed alone by the pinion d engaging with thegear-Wheel c.

I have not shown the gearing, shafting, and pulleys which actuate the thrasher and separator Works, as any desired style may be employed, although I preferably use that shown d in my application for a patent upon a traveling thrasher filed December 29, 1884, and bearing Serial No. 151,422.

I do not desire to limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement of the parts hereinbefore set forth, as it is obvious that many modications may be made therein with out departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claimv l. In a combined header and thrasher, the thrashing -machine mounted upon suitable bearing Wheels having the header -frame hinged to and projecting from one side, with its outer end supported upon a single wheel jonrnaled in the longitudinal beams C Cz of the header-frame, a supplemental frame containing the draper attached to the front of the main header-frame, and connecting-gearing actuating the sickle and draper, comprising the axle b, bevel gearwheel c, pinion d, shaft e, sprocketwheel f. pinion g, shaft h, gear-wheeli, pinion j, shaft k, tumbling-rod l, shaft m, and crank-pulley n, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, substantially as described, of the feeding-box G, feeder K, cylinder H, board J, gate I, and conveyer F, the latter being in a direct line with the shaft H of the cylinder H, and discharging the grain directly upon the cylinder.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

DAVID YOUNG.

Vitnesses:

ELIHU B. STOWE, JOSHUA B. WEBSTER. 

